1974

1974 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1974; MCMLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2727
Armenian calendar	1423; ԹՎ ՌՆԻԳ
Assyrian calendar	6724
Baháʼí calendar	130–131
Balinese saka calendar	1895–1896
Bengali calendar	1381
Berber calendar	2924
British Regnal year	22 Eliz. 2 – 23 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2518
Burmese calendar	1336
Byzantine calendar	7482–7483
Chinese calendar	癸丑年 (Water Ox); 4671 or 4464; — to —; 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger); 4672 or 4465
Coptic calendar	1690–1691
Discordian calendar	3140
Ethiopian calendar	1966–1967
Hebrew calendar	5734–5735
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2030–2031
- Shaka Samvat	1895–1896
- Kali Yuga	5074–5075
Holocene calendar	11974
Igbo calendar	974–975
Iranian calendar	1352–1353
Islamic calendar	1393–1394
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 49; (昭和４９年)
Javanese calendar	1905–1906
Juche calendar	63
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4307
Minguo calendar	ROC 63; 民國63年
Nanakshahi calendar	506
Thai solar calendar	2517
Tibetan calendar	阴水牛年; (female Water-Ox); 2100 or 1719 or 947; — to —; 阳木虎年; (male Wood-Tiger); 2101 or 1720 or 948
Unix time	126230400 – 157766399

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century ; 21st century;
Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s ; 1980s; 1990s;
Years:	1971; 1972; 1973; 1974 ; 1975; 1976; 1977;

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.

Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the German national team won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.

Events

January

January 11 – David, Elizabeth, Emma, Grant, Jason and Nicolette Rosenkowitz are born in Cape Town, the first recorded sextuplets in the world where all six babies survive.
January 15 - Happy Days, a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
January 17 – Two commercial divers, Pier Skipness and Robert John Smyth, die from rapid decompression and drowning in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea after their diving bell abruptly surfaces from a depth of 320 feet (98 m).^[1]^[2]
January 20 – The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon makes its first flight at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
January 26 – Bülent Ecevit of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP).

February

February 1
- Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
- Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is declared a Federal Territory.
February 4 – Heiress Patty Hearst is kidnapped outside her Berkeley, California apartment by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
February 12 – The first episode of children's television series Bagpuss airs in Britain.
February 17 – Zamalek disaster: a soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.
February 20 – Honhai Precision Industry, as predecessor of Foxconn, founded in Tucheng District, Shinpei (New Taipei City), Taiwan.^{[page needed]}

March

March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. This becomes the deadliest single aircraft accident with no survivors.
March 4
- Following a hung parliament in the United Kingdom general election, Conservative prime minister Edward Heath resigns and is succeeded by Labour's Harold Wilson, who previously led the country from 1964 to 1970.^[3]
- People magazine's first issue released in the U.S. with Mia Farrow on the cover.
March 8
- Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
- Queen releases Queen II with the single Seven Seas of Rhye.
- The final episode of the American television series The Brady Bunch airs.
March 9 - Hiroo Onoda, one of the last Japanese holdouts of World War II, surrenders.
March 18
- End of five-month oil embargo by most OPEC nations against the United States, Europe and Japan which had caused the 1973 oil crisis.
- After 23 consecutive years on television, Lucille Ball airs the finale of Here's Lucy.
March 26 – A group of peasant women in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, India, use their bodies to surround trees in order to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the Chipko movement.
March 29
- The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang is discovered at Xi'an, China.^[4]
- Launch of the Volkswagen Golf in West Germany, a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic Volkswagen Beetle, holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced.

April

April – The world population reaches 4 billion people estimated by the United States Census Bureau.
April 2 – French president Georges Pompidou, dies of cancer at 63. Alain Poher succeeds him immediately; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins the presidential contest in May 1974.
April 3–4 – An enormous tornado outbreak strikes the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 people. Known as the "1974 Super Outbreak", the event was the largest of its kind until the 2011 Super Outbreak.
April 4 – Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
April 5 – Stephen King publishes Carrie, his first novel.
April 6
- Swedish pop group ABBA's song Waterloo wins the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, UK.
- California Jam is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting 250,000 fans.
April 8 – Hank Aaron became the all-time MLB home run leader with his 715th at Atlanta in front of a national television audience.
April 11 – The Kiryat Shmona massacre takes place in Israel.
April 15 – As "Tania", Patty Hearst is photographed wielding an M1 carbine while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco.
April 24 – Guillaume Affair: exposure of an East German spy Günter Guillaume within the West German government, leading to the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt.^[5]
April 25 – Carnation Revolution: A left-wing military coup in Portugal restores democracy, ending 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship in the country. Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano flees to Brazil and is granted political asylum by Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel.

May

May 4
- An all-female Japanese team summits Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) peak.
- The Expo '74 world's fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
May 6 – Willy Brandt, West Germany's chancellor, resigns; he is replaced by Helmut Schmidt.
May 17
- Dublin and Monaghan bombings: The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), explode four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The attacks kill 33 civilians and wound almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single day during "The Troubles".
- A massive, two-hour shootout between the Los Angeles Police Department and members of the Symbionese Liberation Army leaves six SLA members, including SLA leader Donald DeFreeze, dead.
May 18
- 1974 Australian federal election: Gough Whitlam's Labor Government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by Billy Snedden. Whitlam consequently becomes the first Labor Prime Minister to be re-elected in his own right. The Democratic Labor Party meanwhile loses all five of their Senate seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force.
- Nuclear weapons testing: Under Project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the 6th nation to do so.
- The Warsaw radio mast is completed, the second tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
- Heaven's Gate, an American millenarian New Age religious group, is founded by Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles.
May 19 – The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins to become the first team from the 1967 NHL expansion class to win the Stanley Cup in the North American National Hockey League.
May 24 – Duke Ellington, American jazz composer, bandleader and pianist, dies at the age of 75 in New York City of complications from lung cancer and pneumonia.
May 28 – Ángela Loij dies, last full-blooded member of the Selk'nam people of Tierra del Fuego.
May 30 – In the United States:
- Johnny Rutherford wins the first of three Indianapolis 500 automobile races.
- NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.

June

June 4 – The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
June 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup begins in West Germany.
June 14 – The Annual Jackson, Dorian Festival of DOING IT LIVE begins
June 17 – A bomb explodes in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament. The hall's annex, housing offices and a canteen, is destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.
June 26 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
June 29
- Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who dies 2 days later.
- America Sings attraction opens to the public for the first time at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

July

July 7 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The West German football team are awarded the new FIFA World Cup Trophy.
July 8 – Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on America Sings at Disneyland. This is the first casualty to occur to an employee at a Disney Park.
July 15
- The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson.
- News anchor Christine Chubbuck commits suicide during a live broadcast on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida.
July 16 – Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973.
July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois. A tanker car collides with a Norfolk & Western boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18 million in property damage.^[6]
July 20 – The Turkish invasion of Cyprus occurs.
July 23 – The Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government, the metapolitefsi.

August

August 4 – A bomb explodes in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing 12 and wounding 48. Italian neo-fascists take responsibility.
August 7 – Philippe Petit crosses between Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City high-wire walking.
Watergate scandal:
- August 8 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9.
- August 9 - Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States upon Nixon's resignation.
August 14
- Turkey invades Cyprus for the second time, occupying 37% of the island's territory.
- Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
August 30 – An express train bound for Germany from Belgrade derails in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), killing more than 150 passengers.

September

September 8
- TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after takeoff from Athens, after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people.
- President Gerald Ford pardons former president Richard Nixon.
- Daredevil Evel Knievel fails to cross the Snake River Canyon in Idaho, in a rocket-propelled 'Skycycle'.
September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau.
September 12 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270. The Ethiopian Civil War begins.
September 12 – African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
September 20 – The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on U.S. Highway 95.
September 23 – Ceefax (one of the first public service information systems) is started by the BBC.

October

October 11 – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.^[7]
October 26 - Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.^[8]
October 30 – The Rumble in the Jungle takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in eight rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him seven years earlier.

November

November 1
- The World Tourism Organization (WTO or WToO) is established.
- The German electronic band Kraftwerk releases their studio album Autobahn.
November 3 – Billy Joel released his song The Entertainer (song), which was part of his album, Streetlife Serenade
November 5 – The Democratic Party makes big gains nationwide in House, Senate and Gubernatorial elections.
November 13
- Ronald DeFeo Jr., murders his entire family in their home in Amityville on Long Island, an event that inspires the story of The Amityville Horror.
- McDonald's open their first UK restaurant in Woolwich, South East London.^[9]
November 16 – Arecibo message: The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory on Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message towards Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year 27,000.
November 18 – The International Energy Agency is founded.
November 20 - Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes in Nairobi, Kenya,due to a mehcanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 passengers.
November 21 – Birmingham pub bombings: In Birmingham, England, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.^[10]
November 22 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
November 24 – A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy.
November 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
November 28 – In a rare (and final) public performance, former Beatle John Lennon joins Elton John on stage at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

December

December 1 – A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 40 kilometres (25 mi) northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on board.
December 9 – The Paris summit, reuniting the European Communities' heads of state and government, commences.
December 13 – Malta becomes a republic.
December 17 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
December 24–25 – Darwin, Australia is almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.

Date unknown

Rubik's Cube puzzle is invented by Hungarian architecture professor Ernő Rubik.^[11]
Dungeons & Dragons fantasy tabletop role-playing game, designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, is first released, in the United States.
Investor Gold Index, as predecessor of IG Group, a grobal online financial trading service, that founded in London, England.^{[citation needed]}
PepsiCo becomes the first American company to sell products in the Soviet Union.^[12]

Births

January

January 1 – Reem Maged, Egyptian journalist
January 3 – Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist
January 9
- Farhan Akhtar, Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer, producer, and television host
- MF Doom, English recording artist and producer
January 10 – Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
January 11 – Max von Essen, American actor and vocalist
January 12
- Melanie Chisholm, English singer-songwriter (Spice Girls)
- Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
January 13 – Kaili Vernoff, American actress
January 14 – Kevin Durand, Canadian-American actor and singer
January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
January 17
- Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twin sisters (d. 2003)
- Derrick Mason, American football player
- Keith Robinson, American actor and R&B singer
January 18
- Gustavo Kupinski, Argentine guitarist (d. 2011)
- Maulik Pancholy, American actor
January 19 – Éva Novodomszky, Hungarian journalist and presenter
January 20 – Rae Carruth, American football player
January 21
- Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor
- Remy Auberjonois, American actor
January 22 – Joseph Muscat, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
January 23
- Scott Doran, Irish Gaelic footballer (d. 2018)
- Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and stand-up comedian
January 27 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete
January 28 – Kari Traa, Norwegian freestyle skier
January 29
- Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
- Kōji Wada, Japanese rock singer (d. 2016)
January 30
- Christian Bale, English actor
- Olivia Colman, English actress
January 31 – Anna Silk, Canadian actress

February

February 3
- Ayanna Pressley, American politician
- Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
February 4
- Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
- Shahab Hosseini, Iranian actor and film director
February 6 – Aljo Bendijo, Filipino journalist, broadcaster, TV/radio host
February 7
- Cheryl Cosim, Filipino journalist, news anchor, TV host
- J Dilla, American record producer and rapper (d. 2006)
- Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- Nujabes, Japanese record producer and DJ (d. 2010)
February 8
- Seth Green, American actor and comedian
- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
February 10
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress and film director
- Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
February 12
- Naseem Hamed, British boxer
- Ari Shaffir, American comedian and actor
February 13 – Robbie Williams, British singer
February 14
- Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer
February 15
- Miranda July, American author, director, actor, musician and spoken-word artist
- Mr Lordi, Finnish singer
- Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver
- Gina Lynn, American porn actress
February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
February 17 – Jerry O'Connell, American actor
February 18 – Jillian Michaels, American personal trainer, businesswoman, author and TV personality
February 19 – Lezley Zen, American pornographic actress
February 22 – James Blunt, English singer
February 24 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
February 25
- Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (d. 1993)
- Chad Hugo, American musician and producer
- Dominic Raab, British politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
February 26
- Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
- Mikee Cojuangco-Jaworski, Filipino actress and equestrienne
February 27 – Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater

March

March 1 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
March 3 – David Faustino, American actor
March 4
- Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player
- Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
March 5
- Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- Matt Lucas, English comedian
- Eva Mendes, American actress and model
- Barbara Schöneberger, German actress, singer, and TV host
- Hiten Tejwani, Indian model and actor
March 6
- Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler
- Cooper Manning, television host
March 7
- Jenna Fischer, American actress
- Antonio de la Rúa, Argentine lawyer
March 8
- Danny Corkill, American child actor
- Cesar Velasco Broca, Spanish actor
March 12
- Hekiru Shiina, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Jama Williamson, American actress
March 14 – Grace Park, Canadian actress
March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player
March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
March 21
- Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor and comedian
- Ted Kravitz, British presenter and reporter
March 22
- Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- Kidada Jones, American actress
- Bassem Youssef, Egyptian journalist
March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
March 25 – Lark Voorhies, American actress and singer
March 28
- Daisuke Kishio, Japanese voice actor
- Scott Mills, British radio DJ and television presenter
March 29
- Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
- Miguel Gómez, Colombian photographer
March 30
- Ronnie Kerr, American actor
- Miho Komatsu, Japanese pop singer and songwriter
March 31
- Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter
- Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer

April

April 1 – Marcos Balter, Brazilian composer
April 2 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
April 8
- Adam Khoo, Singaporean entrepreneur, author, trainer, and stocks and FX trader
- Chris Kyle, American sniper (d. 2013)
April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American pornographic actress
April 11
- Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model
- Alexander Kuoppala, Finnish guitarist
April 12
- Bryan Fletcher, Australian rugby league player
- Marley Shelton, American actress
April 13 – Marta Jandová, Czech musician and actress
April 15
- Gabriela Duarte, Brazilian actress
- Danny Pino, Cuban American actor
- Tim Thomas, American ice hockey goaltender
April 16 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director
April 17
- Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician (Opeth)
- Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
April 18
- Lorraine Pilkington, Irish actress
- Edgar Wright, English film director
April 20 – Tina Cousins, English singer
April 21 – Faust, Norwegian drummer
April 22 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born rock bassist
April 23 – Barry Watson, American actor
April 24
- Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress
- Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist and autistic savant
April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and model
April 29 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter

May

May 1
- Kellie Crawford (née Hoggart), Australian singer and actress (Teen Queens and Hi-5)
- Lornah Kiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner
May 2
- Matt Berry, English actor and singer
- Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager
- Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor and actor
- Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
- Janek Meet, Estonian footballer
May 3
- Peter Everitt, Australian footballer and radio host
- Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan
May 4
- Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
- Tony McCoy, Irish jockey and sportscaster
May 6
- Bernard Barmasai, Kenyan runner
- Daniela Bártová, Czech pole vaulter and gymnast
- Faruk Namdar, German-Turkish footballer
- Patrick Tang, Hong Kong actor and singer
May 7
- Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
- Breckin Meyer, American actor
- Ian Pearce, English footballer and manager
May 8
- Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer
- Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
- Jon Tickle, English television host
May 10
- Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player
- Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
May 11 – Adam Kaufman, American actor
May 14 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter
May 16
- Laura Pausini, Italian singer
- Adam Richman, American actor and television personality
- Sonny Sandoval, American vocalist
May 17 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer
May 19
- Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian film actor
May 20
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Indian film director, writer and actor
- Mikael Stanne, Swedish singer
- Colette Wong, Singaporean sports anchor
May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress and musician
May 22
- Sean Gunn, American actor
- A. J. Langer, American actress
- Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian artistic gymnast
May 23 – Jewel, American singer
May 23 – Ken Jennings, American writer and game show champion (Jeopardy!)
May 26 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
May 28 – Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
May 29 – Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and actor
May 30
- Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
- CeeLo Green, African-American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor
May 31 – Kenan Doğulu, Turkish pop musician

June

June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer
June 2 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player
June 3
- Kelly Jones, Welsh singer-songwriter
- Martín Karpan, Argentinian actor
June 7
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
- Bear Grylls, British survivalist
June 9 – Samoth, Norwegian musician
June 13
- Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter.
- Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
- Selma, Icelandic singer
- Steve-O, American actor
June 19
- Bumper Robinson, American actor and voice actor
- Mustaque Ahmed Ruhi, Bangladeshi member of parliament
June 21
- Natasha Beaumont, Malaysian actress and model
- Pat Downey, American football player
- Craig Lowndes, Australian race car driver
- Maggie Siff, American actress
- Hitoshi Uematsu, Japanese short track speed skater
June 22
- Devayani, Indian actress
- Donald Faison, American actor
- Amber O'Neal, American professional wrestler
- B. V. S. Ravi, Indian writer
- Tu Tamarua, Cook Islands rugby union flanker
- Vijay, Indian actor
- Lyndsay Walker, Australian cricketer
June 23
- Meg-John Barker, English author, academic, activist and psychotherapist
- Joel Edgerton, Australian actor and filmmaker
- Kim Young-chul, South Korean comedian and singer
- Andi Vasluianu, Romanian actor
June 24
- Magnus Carlsson, Swedish singer
- Andrea De Cruz, Singaporean actress
- Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino model, beauty queen and actress
June 25
- Jeff Cohen, American attorney and former child actor
- Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- Tereza Pergnerová, Czech actress, singer and television presenter
June 26
- Jason Craig, American artist
- Derek Jeter, American baseball player
- Ecija Ojdanić, Croatian actress
- Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress
- Kristofer Steen, Swedish musician
- Matt Striker, American professional wrestler and commentator
June 27 – Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman
June 28
- Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder
- Nelson Mariano II, Filipino chess Grandmaster
June 29 – Pua Khein-Seng, Malaysian businessman
June 30
- Kelli Ali, British vocalist
- Tony Rock, American actor
- Hezekiél Sepeng, South African middle-distance athlete

July

July 1
- Timmy Hung, Hong Kong actor
- Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorean race walker
July 2
- Michael Budd, Australian actor
- Rocky Gray, American musician
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Japanese fashion model actor
- Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter
July 3
- Taiga Ishikawa, Japanese politician and LGBT activist
- Corey Reynolds, American musical theatre, television, and film actor
- Marko Milošević, Serbian fugitive and refugee
July 4
- Kevin Hanchard, Canadian actor
- Karole Rocher, French actress
- Mick Wingert, American actor and voice actor
July 7 – Jennifer Jones, Canadian curler
July 8
- Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, actress, model and socialite (d. 2015)
- Tami Erin, American actress, model, singer, and fashion designer
- Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer
July 11 – Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer and songwriter
July 12
- Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
- Parvin Dabas, Indian actor, model and director
- Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
- Hurricane Helms, American professional wrestler
- Ryan Lizza, American journalist
July 14
- Martina Hill, German actress, comedian and impersonator
- David Mitchell, British comedian and actor
July 15 – Maszlee Malik, Malaysian politician
July 16
- Jeremy Enigk, American singer-songwriter
- Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby player
July 18 – Michael Dante DiMartino, American animator
July 19 – Ramin Djawadi, Iranian-German score composer
July 20
- Doug Ithier, Australian footballer
- Simon Rex, American actor, rapper, and VJ
- Bonny B., Cambodian bluesman, blues
July 22
- Franka Potente, German actress and singer
- Johnny Strong, American actor and musician
July 23
- Maurice Greene, American athlete
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress
- Stephanie March, American actress
- Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian road racing cyclist
July 24
- Eva Aridjis, Mexican-American director and screenwriter
July 25 – Lauren Faust, American animator
July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
July 28 – Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician
July 29 – Josh Radnor, American actor
July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress

August

August 4 – Wasabi Mizuta, Japanese voice actress
August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress
August 6 – Ever Carradine, American actress
August 7
- Chico Benymon, American actor
- Michael Shannon, American actor
August 8 – Brian Harvey, English singer
August 9 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
August 11 – Chris Messina, American actor and film director
August 12 – Karl Stefanovic, Australian TV host
August 13 – Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician
August 14
- Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (d. 2020)
- Christopher Gorham, American actor
August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
August 16
- Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier
- Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
August 20
- Amy Adams, American actress
- Misha Collins, American actor
- Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
August 22
- Matthew Buckland, South African internet entrepreneur and businessman (d. 2019)
- Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer
- Lee Sheppard, Australian cartoonist
August 23
- Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist
- Ovi, Romanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer and musician
- Shifty Shellshock, American singer
August 24 – Jennifer Lien, American actress
August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer
August 30 – Rich Cronin, American singer-songwriter (LFO) (d. 2010)
August 31 - Flo McGarrell, American artist (d. 2010)

September

September 1 – Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book writer and cartoonist
September 3 – Jen Royle, American sports reporter and chef
September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer
September 6
- Tim Henman, English tennis player
- Mylene Dizon, Filipino actress and musician
- Nina Persson, Swedish singer
- Sarah Strange, Canadian actress and voice actress
- Chad Coleman, African-American actor
September 7 – Glenn Ljungström, Swedish guitarist
September 10
- Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer; mixed martial arts fighter
- Kerry Harvick, American singer
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- Elizabeth Jasicki, British actress
September 12 – Jennifer Nettles, American musician
September 13 – Fiona Avery, comic book and television writer
September 14
- Carl DeMaio, American politician
- Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
September 15 – Wael Kfoury, Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter
September 17
- Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
- Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
September 18
- Kelly William Newman, Canadian movie and music expert
- Sol Campbell, English footballer
- Xzibit, American rapper
September 19
- Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian, and television personality
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
September 22 – Wayne Grayson, American voice actor and director
September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
September 24
- Niels Brinck, Danish singer and songwriter
- Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer
September 26
- Gary Hall Jr., American swimmer
- Joo Jin-mo, South Korean actor
September 28 – Shane Webcke, Australian rugby league player
September 29 – James Lance, English actor
September 30
- Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model
- Daniel Wu, American-Hong Kong actor, director and producer

October

October 1 – Keith Duffy, Irish singer
October 2 – Rachana Banerjee, Indian film actress
October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
October 6 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese sports shooter
October 7
- Allison Munn, American actress
- Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
- Alexander Polinsky, American actor, voice actor and singer
October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
October 10
- Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver
- Chris Pronger, Canadian hockey player
October 11
- Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player
- Greg Poehler, American actor
October 12 – Shane McAnally, American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer
October 14
- Jessica Drake, American porn actress
- Dana Glover, American singer and songwriter
October 15 – Shumon Basar, British writer and editor
October 16
- Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
- Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
October 18
- Brett Dallas, Australian rugby league player
- Jeremy Scahill, American journalist
- Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer
October 20
- Mohammad Sidique Khan, Islamic terrorist who led the 7 July 2005 London bombings^[13] (d. 2005)
- Brian Limond, Scottish comedian and writer
- Bashar Rahal, American actor
October 21 – Lera Auerbach, Russian composer and pianist
October 23
- Aravind Adiga, Indian-Australian author
- Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player
October 24 – Catherine Sutherland, Australian actress
October 28
- Nelly Ciobanu, Moldovan singer
- Joaquin Phoenix, American actor born in Puerto Rico
October 29
- Akashdeep Saigal, Indian television actor and model
- Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician
October 31 – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and reggae singer (d. 2007)

November

November 2
- Nelly, American rapper
- Prodigy, American rapper (d. 2017)
November 4
- Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mexican-American singer
- Louise Nurding, English singer
- Carl Steven, American child actor (d. 2011)
November 5
- Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
November 8
- Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
- Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
November 9
- Alessandro Del Piero, Italian football player
- Manav Gohil, Indian television actor
November 10
- Michael Greenspan, Canadian filmmaker and writer
- Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and actor
November 11
- Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, producer, and environmentalist
- Jon B., American singer-songwriter
November 13 – Kerim Seiler, Swiss artist and architect
November 15 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
November 17 – Leslie Bibb, American actress and model
November 18
- Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer
- Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
November 20
- Drew Ginn, Australian rower
- Kurt Krömer, German television presenter, comedian and actor
November 21 – Tiit Sukk, Estonian actor, director and television presenter
November 24 – Stephen Merchant, English comedian and actor
November 27
- Wendy Houvenaghel, British racing cyclist
- Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
November 28
- Federico Gutiérrez, Colombian politician
November 29 – Ferenc Merkli, Hungarian Slovene priest, writer and translator
November 30 – Wallace Chung, Hong Kong actor and singer

December

December 1
- Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- Érica Rivas, Argentine actress
December 4 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
December 5
- Kid Koala, Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and graphic novelist
- Lisa Sheridan, American actress (d. 2019)
December 7 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer
December 9
- Luisa Bradshaw-White, English actress
- Canibus, American rapper
December 10 – Meg White, American drummer
December 11
- Rey Mysterio, American wrestler
- Ben Shephard, English television presenter
- Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner
December 12 – Michelle Saram, Singaporean singer and actress
December 13 – Nick McCarthy, English guitarist
December 14 - Matthew Schmidt, American film editor
December 17
- Sarah Paulson, American actress
- Giovanni Ribisi, American actor
December 18
- Kari Byron, American artist and television personality
- Viki Miljković, Serbian singer
December 19
- Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer
- Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
December 20
- Paul Linger, English footballer
- Jacqui Oatley, British sports presenter
December 23 – Agustin Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
December 24
- Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- Ryan Seacrest, American television personality
December 27
- Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- Alena Vinnitskaya, Ukrainian singer
December 28 – Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer
December 29 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor
December 31 – Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver

Deaths

January

January 1 – Jimmy Smith, American Major League Baseball infielder (b. 1895)
January 2 – Tex Ritter, American actor and country musician (b. 1905)
January 3
- Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
- Red Snapp, American baseball player (b. 1888)
January 5 – Dewey Mayhew, American football coach (b. 1898)
January 6
- Lech Pijanowski, Polish screenwriter, film critic, broadcaster and director (b. 1928)
- David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter and muralist (b. 1896)^[14]
January 7 – Wang Shusheng, Chinese general (b. 1905)
January 8 – Charles-Édouard Ferland, Canadian jurist, Liberal politician and Senator (b. 1892)
January 10 – Charles G. Bond, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (b. 1877)
January 11 – Antonio Bautista, Filipino pilot with the Philippine Air Force (b. 1937)
January 12
- Jack Jacobs, American-born National Football League and Canadian Football League player (b. 1919)
- Princess Patricia of Connaught, (b. 1886)
January 14 – Joseph Dippolito, Italian American Mafia member of the Los Angeles crime syndicate (b. 1914)
January 15 – Harold D. Cooley, U.S. House of Representatives (b. 1897)
January 17 – Clara Edwards, American singer, pianist and composer (b. 1880)
January 18 – Bill Finger, American comic strip and book writer (b. 1914)
January 19 – Edward Seago, British artist (b. 1910)
January 20
- Leonard Freeman, American actor (Hawaii Five-0) (b. 1920)
- Robert Guy Howarth, Australian scholar, literary critic and poet (b. 1906)^[15]
January 22 – Oskar Herman, Croatian Jewish painter (b. 1886)
January 26 – Julius Patzak, Austrian tenor (b. 1898)
January 27
- Georgios Grivas, Greek-Cypriot colonel (b. 1898)
- Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German general (b. 1886)
January 28 – Oswald Cornwallis, English cricketer (b. 1894)
January 29 – H. E. Bates, English writer and author (b. 1905)
January 30 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (b. 1886)
January 31
- Pina Gallini, Italian actress (b. 1888)
- Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film studio executive (b. 1879)
- Glenn Morris, American Olympic athlete (b. 1912)

February

February 4 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894)
February 7 – Edward Beck, British Army (b. 1880)
February 15
- Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- George W. Snedecor, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1881)
February 17 – Ralph W. Gerard, American neurophysiologist and behavioural scientist (b. 1900)
February 21 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and co-Founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain (b. 1930)
February 23 – George Van Biesbroeck, American-born Belgian astronomer (b. 1880)
February 24
- Margaret Leech, American historian and fiction writer (b. 1893)
- Robert A. Stemmle, German screenwriter and film director (b. 1903)

March

March 1
- Hüseyin Kemal Gürmen, Turkish theatre and cinema actor (b. 1901)
- Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1935)
March 2 – Péter Schell, Hungarian politician (b. 1898)
March 3
- Barbara Ruick, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
- Frank Wilcox, American character actor (b. 1907)
March 4 – Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1903)
March 5
- John Samuel Bourque, French-Canadian politician, Cabinet Minister, military member, and businessman from Québec, Canada (b. 1894)
- Billy De Wolfe, American character actor (b. 1907)
March 6 – Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and writer; who won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize (posthumously) for his book The Denial of Death (b. 1924)
March 7
- Moriji Mochida, last person ever awarded the 10th dan rank in kendo (b. 1885)
- Hans Sachs, Holocaust survivor and poster collector (b. 1881)
March 8 – Martha Wentworth, American actress (b. 1889)
March 9 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
March 10 – Alexander John Majeski, American architect and Naval Lieutenant (b. 1920)
March 12
- Oleksii Shovkunenko, Ukrainian painter (b. 1884)
- Red Wing, American actress (b. 1873)
March 14 – Maulana Shams-ud-din Harifal, Pakistani Islamic scholar (b. 1944)
March 15 – José Tohá, Chilean Socialist politician, minister (assassinated) (b. 1927)
March 17 – Louis Kahn, Russian-born American architect (b. 1901)
March 19 – Edward Platt, American actor known as, "The Chief" on NBC/CBS's Get Smart (b. 1916)
March 20 – Chet Huntley, American television reporter (b. 1911)
March 21 – Candy Darling, American actress (b. 1944)
March 22 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
March 24 – Lewie G. Merritt, U.S. Marine, major general and aviator (b. 1897)
March 27
- Wilhelm Herget, German Luftwaffe flying ace (b. 1910)
- Eduardo Santos, Colombian publisher and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
March 28 – Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1904)
March 29
- Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (La ciociara) (b. 1916)
- Platon Chirnoagă, Romanian general (b. 1894)
- Joe Stecher, American professional wrestler (b. 1893)
March 31 – Frank Seno, American football running back and defensive back (b. 1921)